Better fare than what's been coming out of North America

Rating: Null/10 (14 June 2003)

This is a film for people who do know that zombie and apocalyptic genres, for people who have seen Romero's work and "The Omega Man". Sure, there are some obvious things that you know are coming, but (to me at any rate) they didn't seem overly formulaic - not in the script-by-a-committee-of-movie-exec sort of way. This felt very much like one man's film.
As for use of digital rather than film, at first I was a bit put off but it did grow on me. I actually rather thought it enhanced the apocalyptic feel. I am sick of slick pictures that play down to its audience - that really are nothing more than milk machines for morons. Hollywood could never have made this film, could have affected the gloom and darkness in quite the same way that the Brits do. Look at "Threads" and compare it to "The Day After" to get an idea of what I am talking about. At any rate the look of the film really does work for me. Is it a masterpiece? No. Does it make my all time favourites list? No. But it wasn't bad Friday night fare. See it on a cheap night or a rep. cinema.